chairman A2 Topic:People & Society US /ˈtʃɛɹ.mən/ UK /ˈtʃɛːmən/ See IPA manual Freq #3390 Meanings 1 noun The person who leads a company's board, a committee, or a meeting. The chairman opened the meeting with a short speech. 2 verb To act as chairman of a meeting or group. He chairmanned the board for over a decade. Verb forms Verb forms are not available for this word yet. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the person who leads a... chair 2 verb · to act as chairman of a... chair Word family Forms chairmen Derived forms chairmanagerchairmanesschairmanlikechairmanlychairmanshipcochairmansubchairmanvice-chairman Appears in Phrases (1) See all vice chairman a man who acts as deputy to the person leading a committee or organization Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From chair + -man. Topics People & Society External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # chairman **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /ˈtʃɛɹ.mən/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈtʃɛːmən/ **Frequency rank:** 3390 ## Meanings 1. The person who leads a company's board, a committee, or a meeting. 2. To act as chairman of a meeting or group. ## Examples - The chairman opened the meeting with a short speech. - He chairmanned the board for over a decade. ## Derived Forms - chairmanager - chairmaness - chairmanlike - chairmanly - chairmanship - cochairman - subchairman - vice-chairman ## Etymology From chair + -man. ## AI Etymology Chairman is from chair plus -man. The formation is semantically transparent: the parts remain visible, while the compound or affix fixes the grammatical role and narrows the modern meaning. In use as a noun and a verb, chairman denotes the person who leads a company's board, a committee, or a meeting and to act as chairman of a meeting or group. The same word family continues in derived forms such as chairmanager, chairmaness, chairmanlike, and chairmanly. ## Topics - People & Society markdown